She and Allan Note by the Late Mr Allan Quartermain

In which the venerable Allan Quatermain reflects with a mixture of doubt and wonder upon his past encounter with the mysterious and commanding Ayesha, recording his memories and reservations while grappling with the extraordinary nature of her story. Through his reading of a curious novel bearing strange resemblances to his own experience, Quatermain is led to reconsider the veiled enigma of She-who-commands and the tangled web of truth and fiction surrounding her.